Film Weekly 1956-57 year book : Canadian motion picture industry (1956)

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residents ond five per cent of gross proceeds on performances by non-residents. BELLEORUM Five per cent of gross proceeds. BURIN Two and one-half per cent on gross proceeds of residents and five per cent on non-residents. CARBONEAR Five cents per admission CHANGE ISLANDS Two dollars for each entertainment or per¬ formance. CHANNEL — PORT-AUX-BASQUES Ten cents per ticket evening shows and ten cents per ticket sold to adults at matinees. CLARENVILLE Non-residents only ten per cent of gross re¬ ceipts. Minimum tax ten dollars. CORNER BROOK Ten cents per admission with the exception of matinees. CURLING Ten cents per ticket sold. DEER LAKE Ten cents per ticket. ENGLEE One dollar per performance. FOGO Five dollars per night. FORTUNE Five cents per ticket. FRESHWATER Five per cent on gross proceeds of local residents and ten per cent on gross proceeds of non-residents. GLOVERTOWN Five cents per ticket. GRAND BANK Five cents per ticket for residents; $15 each performance for non-resident performers. GREENSPOND Two dollars for each performance. HARBOUR GRACE Five cents per ticket sold to adults. JERSEYSIDE Six per cent gross receipts. LEWISPORTE Ten per cent of gross proceeds. MAIN BROOK Three cents per ticket. MARYSTOWN Three per cent of gross proceeds on residents and ten per cent on non-residents. PLACENTIA Five cents per ticket sold. RAMEA Five dollars per performance. ST. ANTHONY Five cents per ticket. ST. JOHN'S A ten per cent tax is levied on admissions and this is paid weekly at the office of the City Clerk. ST. LAWRENCE Five cents per ticket sold to adults. SPRINGDALE SOUTH BROOK Five cents per ticket. STEPHENVILLE Ten cents per admission to adults. WABANA Five cents per ticket excepting children under 16 years of age at matinee performances. WESLEYVILLE Five per cent gross proceeds on entertain¬ ments sponsored by residents and ten per cent on gross proceeds by non-residents. WINDSOR Five cents per ticket. Theatre Licence Fees BRITISH COLUMBIA Imposed Under the "Fire Marshal Act" 41. Theatre Licences. — (a) No moving-picture theatre shall be opened to the public except after a licence therefor has been obtained from the Fire Marshal, which licence shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The licence fees payable under the "Fire Marshal Act" for licences for movingpicture theatres shall be as follows: (1) If conducted in premises located in the cities of Vancouver or Victoria, and not licensed under any subse¬ quent clause of this regulation, provided the licence fee shall not exceed $300 or less than $75, for each seat . 20c (2) If conducted in premises within the limits of any organized municipal¬ ity or corporation townsite, and not licensed under any subsequent clause of this regulation, where the seating capacity does not ex¬ ceed 300 persons . $65 For each sec1' in excess of 300, provided the fe shall not exceed the sum of $250 . 15c (3) If conducted in premises not li¬ censed under any other clause of this regulation, where the seating capacity does not exceed 300 persons . $55 For each seat in excess of 300, provided the fee shall not exceed the sum of $200 . 10c (4) If conducted in connection with vaudeville or variety show and ex¬ hibiting moving pictures as part of the performance: — For the first reel . $100 For each additional reel . 25 (5) If conducted in premises limited to a period of one month . 50 (6) If conducted in open-air park: — For one mbnth . 50 For two months . 75 For three months . 100 For season, not exceeding six months . 1 50 (6a) If conducted in a park or premises so equipped that moving pictures can be viewed by patrons while 43